Worldwide: Environment

On Dec. 18, 2025, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (Commission) adopted new, state-specific rules to regulate methane emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills.

On December 5, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) published an internal memorandum formally adopting a new "compliance first" enforcement approach for all OECA staff.

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, applying New Jersey law, held that a bad faith claim against an insurer must be dismissed when it is rooted in the same conduct as the breach of contract claim, absent additional factual predicates.

California's corporate climate disclosure litigation now turns on a question bigger than climate policy: how far a government can go in drafting corporate speech for regulated businesses.

On December 9, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued draft regulations for implementing California's climate disclosure laws, SB 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261...

The sector is in growth mode, but when assessing investment opportunities and hold periods, and negotiating contracts and pricing, sustainability-related regulatory...

Under the law, batteries and battery-containing products are in scope. The new rule adds that covered batteries include portable batteries used in the state, regardless of where the batteries were purchased.

Every new year brings another round of promises to "fix" American healthcare. Too often, the solutions look familiar: reduce access, narrow networks, push more cost onto consumers...

As part of their proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to revise the regulatory definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS), the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted three public comment sessions in which they received verbal comments from those in attendance.

Georgia Power's 2025 IRP, filed in January and approved in July 2025, projects extraordinary electric demand growth over the next decade, driven largely by data center expansion.

2026 looks set to be a crucial year for infrastructure planning in the UK. As we welcome in the new year, this update highlights some of the most interesting and topical events you may have missed in the closing months...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA, or the Agency) published a draft guidance explaining its mandatory recall authority for cosmetic products on December 18, 2025 (90 FR 59129).